George Moore collection of papers

id
2302
origination
Moore, George, 1852-1933
date statement
1879]-[1935 [bulk 1889-1933]
key date
1879
identifier (local_mss)
19161
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Moore, G
b-number
b15889880
total components
268
total series
4
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:26 UTC
updated
2026-08-15 02:12:07 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitdate
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unittitle
{"value"=>"George Moore collection of papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, legal documents, an undated notebook, and portraits."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Moore, George, 1852-1933", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>George Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, autobiographer, essayist and playwright.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials was formerly owned by W. T. H. Howe and Lady Gregory. Other former owners include Sir Edward Howard Marsh, T. Fisher Unwin, Alfred F. Goldsmith, Arthur Pforzheimer, John Quinn, Edith Barbara Tranter, and the American Play Company.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, legal documents, an undated notebook, and portraits. The manuscripts and typescripts include drafts and fragments of poems, some of which are in W. B. Yeats' hand or which bear his corrections; synopses, interviews, and notes for works, as well as essays and notes about the author by Barrett Harper Clark and Humbert Wolfe. The correspondence includes letters, dating from [1871] to 1931, from the author to Eliza Davis Aria, Lionel H. Barton, Padraic Colum, Sir Sidney Colvin, William Leonard Courtney, Lady Maud Cunard, Nancy Cunard, Theodore Duret, Crosby Gaige, Edmund Gosse, Miss Gough, Lady Gregory, Hilda Hawthorne, Violet Hunt, to his secretary Mona Kingdon, to Clara Lanza, Thomas Werner Laurie, Sir Edward Marsh, Leonard Rees, William Michael Rossetti, James Stephens, Millicent Fanny Sutherland, T. Fisher Unwin, Carl Van Vechten, James R. Wells, Humbert Wolfe, W. B. Yeats, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from 1903 to 1939, between various correspondents, including Lady Gregory, Thomas Hardy, John Middleton Murry, John Quinn, and others. There are letters to Moore from Arnold Bennett, Lady Gregory, Ada Leverson, Edward Martyn, and W. B. Yeats, dating from 1891 to 1931.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The George Moore collection of papers are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19161#c224663'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19161#c224710'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19161#c224924'>Legal Documents</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19161#c224926'>Portraits</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1879
date_inclusive_end
1935
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1879
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
1,314 items
date_start
1879
date_end
1935
date_bulk_start
1889
date_bulk_end
1933

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